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frothing up

frothing up is the present participle and gerund of froth up.

Meaning of froth up

Verb

froth up (third-person singular simple present froths up, present participle frothing up, simple past and past participle frothed up)

  1. (intransitive) To become frothy; to rise with a frothy surface or covered with something resembling froth.
    • The Spirit mourn'd "Adieu!"—dissolv’d, and left / The atom darkness in a slow turmoil; / As when of healthful midnight sleep bereft, / Thinking on rugged hours and fruitless toil, / We put our eyes into a pillowy cleft, / And see the spangly gloom froth up and boil: / It made sad Isabella’s eyelids...1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    foam up

Questions about frothing up

What is frothing up the present participle and gerund of?
Frothing up is the present participle and gerund of froth up.

Words near frothing up in the dictionary

  1. frothily
  2. frothiness
  3. frothing
  4. frothing at the gash
  5. frothing at the mouth
  6. frothing up
  7. frothingly
  8. frothings
  9. frothless
  10. froths
  11. froths at the gash

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